20 minutes - R rated Profanity - Features an all-Filipino/American cast
WINNER - "Best LGBT Film" 2023 New York City International Film Festival, NYC
WINNER - "Best Director - Comedy" 2023 Brightside Film Festival, Jersey City, NJ
WINNER - "Best Acting Ensemble" 2023 Hang on to your Shorts Film Festival, Asbury Park, NJ
SPECIAL MENTION - 2023 London Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival, London, UK
NOMINEE - "Best Director - Comedy" 2023 New York City International Film Festival, NYC
NOMINEE - "Best Comedy" 2023 Brightside Film Festival, Jersey City, NJ
NOMINEE - "Best Acting Ensemble" 2023 Brightside Film Festival, Jersey City, NJ
NOMINEE - "Best Director - Comedy" 2023 Hang on to your Shorts Film Festival, Asbury Park, NJ
"Filipinos Get Some" (2022) in English and Tagalog, written/ directed/ edited/ produced by Michael Manese. R-rated, adult language.
Synopsis: What happens when a guy runs into an ex-girlfriend on his way to propose to his current girlfriend in front of friends in public.
What's it about: Featuring same-sex kissing, fisticuffs, arguments, cursing, this Filipino-centric story covers universal topics such as love, romance, sex, secrets, disclosures, unrequited love and most of all friendship.
What inspired it: One day while walking around Central Park, I saw a group of people, no doubt, friends and family, hanging around to witness a man propose marriage to a woman in front of Bethesda Fountain. They all had their cell phones out to take photos, they had balloons and presents, etc. etc. Once the woman said yes, there was a short celebration and the whole party had to move to the side because another party, friends/ family/ man proposing to woman wanted to have their moment in front of the fountain for their own proposal.
I personally don't like public marriage proposals. I think a moment like that should be held in private. It also won't help who might come in or what might happen while one is proposing.
Special thanks: Thanks to Inwood Art Works for their grant to make this short film.
"Filipinos Get Some" on IMDB.
Philippe was born in Iloilo City, Philippines and moved to New Jersey, USA just as he turned 8 years old. He is proud and grateful for his immigrant roots as it has informed much of his life and career. He had continued to pursue a wide variety of roles in his high school years in local community theater productions.
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EDGAR EGUIA is a NY-based actor. He trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Notable theatre credits: Pip's Island; The Cheater's Club; The Bad and the Better; JOB; She Kills Monsters. Notable film credits: Upcode (YouTube); Meat Lovers; Happy Hour (YouTube).
Alfiero Supan was born in the Philippines and moved to the United States in his teens. He was initially trained by Marion Tonner at the Ballet Center. He also trained in martial arts for over thirty years, karate, aikido and Wu style Tai Chi among them. He studied acting and theatre arts at Brooklyn College and Rowan University at Gloucester County.
JEREMY RAFAL is a New York based actor, musician, writer, and educator. He was born in the Philippines and raised in Hawaii. Theater credits include his own solo plays The Boy from Bantay (FringeNYC) & Funhouse Funk (NYWinterfest), as well as I'll Never Love Again (Bushwick Starr), King John as Philip the Bastard (American Theater of Actors), among others.
Born in the Philippines, from Cavite City, moved to California at the age of 4, and now resides in New York. Has a B.A. in Theater from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Studied with Seamus McNally and The Barrow Group NY Theater Company. Film credits: Let's Stay Together, Groove, Crybaby, Reflections and Kumquat. Commercial credits: Huggies, West Elm, Spectrum, Campbell's, Lysol, and many more. She is a restaurateur of a Brooklyn, New York restaurant, Suzume.
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Joyce Lao is a New York based performer. She was born and raised in Baguio City, Philippines. Her parents are descendants of Aboriginal and First Nation Tribes who migrated to the Philippines thousands of years ago. She has a degree in Psychology (pre-med), Special Education, Ma in Music and attended Stella Adler School of Acting. She is presently attending The Juilliard School in New York, taking Music, Drama and Dance courses. She has produced, acted and written a few short films that have been screened in the film festival circuit. She is also the co-creator/producer of a new webseries endorsed by Youtube entitled, “These Three Girls”. For more info visit Joyce Lao.
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Best LGBT Film at the New York City International Film Festival
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